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The Prophecy is set over 1000 years in the future. The people of Terrestra (Earth) have been forced to live underground because of a poison cloud in the atmosphere. Although in the past people from Terestra have travelled to many other planets and even started other settlements now that they are living underground they no longer allow planetary travel. Even though the poison cloud has started to lift they have become predjudiced against people who live on other worlds who they believe are different from themselves.

Kaleem has always been different from others - his looks, his homelife and the lack of a father have all lead to teasing from his peers. He is more different than he had imagined though and his life will change drastically when he finds out about the Babel Prophecy and his role in it.

I found the premise of this story really interesting and was looking forward to reading it but unfortunately I found it a really difficult read. This was partly due to the names of some of the main characters - which were difficult to pronounce and made reading a struggle - but it was also due to the lack of explanation of some of the major events that happen. I still have no idea what caused the poison cloud that meant everyone on the planet was forced underground and would have liked a better explanation of this. I also found it wasn't clear how some of the technology they had actually worked which caused some confusion for me.

Having said that I did find that Kaleem was a likeable character, he made mistakes but learnt from them and that made him more believable. I found the story idea interesting and when I got into the flow of reading I did want to carry on and find out how it would end. I'm not sure if I'd pick up further books in the series though